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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

GUSTAVUS G. WAGNER, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

WEATH ER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,392, dated January27, 1885.

Application lcd January 16, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsrAvUs G. W AGNEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in feather-Strips, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is a new manufacture consisting of a woven, knitted, orbraided weather-strip, which is provided with a longitudi nal rib orribs, and formed integral with a pocket or pockets to receive the rib orribs, so that the strip possesses the required rigidity to preserve orretain its position in use.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l represents a side view. Fig. 2 is a cross-section. Fig. 3 is alike section showing a modiiication.

Similar letters indicatesimilar parts.

The letter A designates the body of the strip, B its pockets, and G theribs.

In carrying out my invention I weave, knit, or braid the strip A of afibrous or textile material in any usual or suitable manner integralwith the pockets B, and insert or introduce the ribs C into the pockets,either in the process ol' manufacturing the strip or subsequently, asmay be found Inost advantageous. The direction of the pockets B islengthwise of the strip, and hence when the ribs O have been put inplace the strip is thereby rendered suiiiciently rigid to preserve itsshape or position when applied to use. In the example shown said ribs Oand their pockets are two in number; but it is evident that a single ribwill answer the desired purpose.

Instead of inclosing the ribs C in the pockets B, they may be introducedas a weftin the process of weaving the strip with a like result.

ture of myinvention; but, if desired, the stripV may be left plain, asshown in Fig. 3.

For the purpose of closing the meshes of the strip and making itimpervious to air and water, it' is coated with oil, paint, or any othersuitable material.

I am aware that a weather-strip has heretofore been made of a textilefabric and furnished with a strip of rigid material; but such strip iscut'from a web of the required fabric, and is not'woven, knitted, orbraided by itself to constitute a finished article, it having raw edges,in distinction from my strip, which has selvages throughout, thuspresenting a neat appearance, and possessing superior strength anddurability.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A woven, knitted, or braided weatherstrip having its body formedintegral with a longitudinal pocket or pockets containing alongitudinal'rib or ribs, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. A woven, knitted, or braided weatherstrip having its body madetubular on one edge and integral with a longitudinal pocket or pocketscontaining a rib or ribs, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAVUS G. WAGNER. [L. s]

Vitnesses:

W. HAUEE, CHAs. WAI-ILERs.

